Sunday, August 31, 2025

Garden Club - Tuesday, Sept 9 - Topic: - Pot Culture: The Why and How of Growing Plants in Pots

 Hello Gardeners 


Hope you have enjoyed your gardens and the sunny weather!  

Join us at the Britannia Community Centre in the 55+ Room at 7:00pm 

Topic: Pot Culture: The Why and How of growing Plants in Pots.
Speaker: Dana Cromie - a Lifelong Artist and Gardener
Bio: Dana is a lifelong artist and gardener living in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

Dana studied Visual Art at Capilano College, Institute Allende de San Miguel, and Vancouver School of Art. He then worked in clothing manufacturing as a production manager and as a planner.


The son of a green thumb and ardent volunteer, Dana has a renowned garden full of unusual plants. Dana has a deep engagement with the local garden community, and his garden has been toured multiple times by the Alpine Garden Club of BC, the Vancouver Rhododendron Society and the Vancouver Hardy Plant Group.


Dana wrote and photographed ‘In My Garden’ for Vancouver Lifestyle Magazine from 1999-2001 and has contributed to the Annual of the Rhododendron Species Foundation and the Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Club of BC.


After retiring, he became a Friend of the UBC Botanical Garden where he was head of the FOGs’ guides and coordinator of their various propagation units. Dana coordinated the acquisition and catalog descriptions of the plants for the UBCBG Collectors’ Plant Auctions from 2004 - 2011.  Dana is and has been chair of the UBCBG Treasured Bulb Sale since 2015. 


He has studied botanical illustration at UBC Botanical Garden with Alison Watt, at Emily Carr University with Elizabeth Mancini, and privately with Mary Comber Miles. 

From 2012-2014, Dana was Artist in Residence at UBC Botanical Garden.


Dana is currently co-Chair of the Vancouver Hardy Plant Group, and Co-Chaired their recent Hardy Plant Study Weekend, which is a conference which rotates between Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, and Portland.


Dana is a regular judge at the Vancouver Island Rock and Garden Society spring show.

      For September Meeting:
  • We are seeking 2 volunteers to provide goodies per meeting.  If you would like to volunteer for the October meeting, please reach out to me or Moira
  • Non-members are welcome to drop in for $4. Invite your friends!
  • Please bring your own tea cup and, if you like, something that is looking lovely in your garden this month.
  • There will be door prizes! (And by the way, you’re always welcome to bring/donate garden-related things  — plants, books, tools — to be awarded as door prizes.)

    See you at Britannia on Tuesday, September 9th
Also note - Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the Month - Oct 7, Nov 11, Dec 9 - December Meeting will be a Holiday Potluck.